Si Sheng didn’t answer immediately but looked towards the doorway. Xu Sili was drawn by his gaze and couldn’t help looking over as well.
His ears twitched slightly when he heard footsteps in the corridor.
The soundproofing of the presidential suite was one of the features. The footsteps had become extremely faint by the time they reached his ears, but he still managed to catch them.
This discovery put Xu Sili at ease.
At the very least, his body was still that of a seven star elementalist. He could no longer use elemental power but he hadn’t completely become an ordinary person.
But…
He looked at Si Sheng and belatedly noticed. His game system was gone too! No wonder why something seemed off earlier. It was because the health bars of the people around him were no longer displayed.
He felt a bit insecure, but it made him feel as if he was in a real world, not a game.
The doorbell rang while he was lost in thought.
Xu Sili consciously moved off Si Sheng’s lap so that the man could get up and open the door.
Si Sheng was holding a phone in his hand when he returned.
“Did my older brother send it over?”
Xu Sili’s eyes lit up. He took the phone and examined it carefully, finding that the SIM card was already inserted.
He opened his phone’s messaging app and saw that his older brother had been added to his friend list, so he quickly sent a message.
Immediately afterwards, Xu Fengqing sent a video call request.
Xu Sili pressed the answer button but was slightly taken aback when he saw Xu Fengqing on the other end.
His older brother was quite different from what he remembered.
In Starry Sky Age, Xu Fengqing always maintained the excellent appearance of 35 years old, giving people a mature and steady feeling. His skin and physical condition were excellent, making him a very charming man.
In reality, Starry Sky Age had been running for four years and his older brother in real life was about to enter his forties.
He had more wrinkles around his eyes and the lines between his eyebrows were also very deep. Even now, several obvious marks could be seen with his eyebrows and eyes relaxed.
It was only at this moment that Xu Sili truly realized his older brother was no longer young.
He was still the handsome Xu Fengqing but he was no longer the older brother Xu Sili remembered. Then what about his parents and grandparents?
A sudden wave of sadness and guilt washed over Xu Sili. He felt he owed the most to his family. Fortunately, he felt much better when he thought about how they could go to the world of Starry Sky Age to be with him in the future.
At the very least, their family could stay together for hundreds of years.
Through the video call <Xu Fengqing had completely believed them and was asking the two of them for the reason.
Xu Sili didn’t explain much. This was a secret of the world and his older brother would know after reaching the corresponding level.
Xu Fengqing didn’t press further and only asked how long they could stay. Xu Sili also looked at Si Sheng for the answer to that question.
“At most six months,” Si Sheng answered. “Before I left, the elemental elf told me that Ah Li’s soul suffered great trauma when it was split and it hadn’t fully recovered yet.”
“Ah Li needs to go back every now and then or there might be big problems.”
Xu Fengqing’s expression turned serious after hearing this. “Soul trauma? Is it very serious?”
Xu Sili shook his head blankly.
The process of splitting his soul was extremely painful and his recovered memories clearly recorded this event, but he no longer felt anything about it.
“Then don’t stay too long. Go back in five months.”
Xu Fengqing added, “Ah Heng is already on his way to the hotel. After he arrives, you can go home with him.”
He glanced at the clothes the two of them were wearing and paused for a moment. “Give me your sizes. I’ll have someone send you some clothes.”
Xu Sili nodded, thinking that his older brother was very thoughtful. Their clothing was really too flashy and they definitely couldn’t go out like this any longer.
He didn’t want to be surrounded by onlookers again.
This made him feel like he was back in his early days as a singer, a time when he wasn’t in control of his own destiny and was followed and photographed everywhere he went. He didn’t miss it at all.
Soon, Xu Fengqing contacted a nearby clothing store and delivered the clothes to the presidential suite before Xu Yuheng arrived.
They were finally less conspicuous after changing into modern clothes. Their hair and eye colors still stood out in a crowd, but people in this era were already used to foreigners.
If they put on sunglasses, the crowd of onlookers definitely wouldn’t be as terrifying as it was before.
Xu Sili wanted to cut his long hair but Si Sheng stopped him.
He couldn’t bear to part with it.,
Si Sheng really liked Xu Sili’s long hair. He liked to hold it in his hands and kiss it whenever he had free time. It was definitely one of his most cherished possessions.
“But it is too long and this hair color is very rare in real life. We don’t have the passersby halo…”
Xu Sili argued his case logically but Si Sheng somehow found a hair tie and tied his long hair into a pretty fishtail braid.
“When did you learn to style hair?” Xu Sili asked with a surprised expression.
Si Sheng took a hat and helped him tuck his hair inside. After putting on sunglasses, he was much harder to notice.
As for Xu Sili’s question…
Si Sheng raised an eyebrow slightly. “I can learn it with one look.”
Xu Sili, “……”
By the time Xu Yuheng rushed over, the two of them had already disguised themselves so well that he almost didn’t recognize them.
Of course, he realized that this was indeed his younger brother as soon as Xu Sili spoke. He was completely ashamed when thinking of his mistake just now.
“I should’ve checked you…”
Xu Sili glanced over but couldn’t bear to make things difficult for him. He saw the no longer young Xu Yuheng and felt a pang of sadness in his heart.
Finally, Xu Sili stepped forward and hugged him.
Xu Yuheng was somewhat stunned and his eyes slowly reddened.
The world of Starry Sky Age felt very real but it was still different from his own body and his own world.
His younger brother… had finally returned.
Xu Yuheng smiled and reached out to hug him back. Then he heard the young man whispering in his ears.
“Second brother, you have aged so much!”
The words were sad but Xu Yuheng managed to hold back his tears.
“How can you talk like that?”
Xu Yuheng had adjusted his appearance to resemble someone in their early twenties in Starry Sky Age, so the impact of his appearance change on Xu Sili was much greater than Xu Fengqing.
Xu Sili was still immersed in sadness.
“Second Brother, I’m sorry…”
“Okay, how many times have I told you? There is no need for this nonsense between brothers.”
Xu Yuheng interrupted him before smiling. “Xiao Li, let’s go home.”
His smile was full of joy, without a trace of gloom, especially when he said his last words.
Xu Sili was also affected by his emotions and couldn’t help laughing. “Yes, let’s go home.”
Then he turned to look at Si Sheng and took his hand.
“Brother Sheng, let’s go home with Second Brother.”
Seeing the young man’s smiling face, Si Sheng suddenly felt that he had really made the right decision this time. Also, it was the first time he heard the word ‘home’ from Ah Li’s mouth.
It seemed that Ah Li felt a much stronger sense of belonging to this world than he did to Starry Sky Age.
Perhaps they could have another wedding?
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